In a separate tweet, they noted that there was a “delay in the reporting of a number of deaths,” so the updated death count includes the past 24 hours as well as “some deaths that occurred from April 24 through May 7.”

There was a delay in the reporting of a number of deaths from a jurisdiction into the Missouri tracking system. So, in addition to the past 24 hours, the increase today covers some deaths that occurred from April 24 through May 7.